Here is a youtube video of the Newfoundland Railway's 4-6-2 in 42 inch gauge.  They also had beautiful 2-8-2's and the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company had 2-6-2T's that would be great for all kinds of small railroads.  The 4-6-2 and 2-6-2 were made by Baldwin.  Alco (and Montreal locomotive works) made the 2-8-2's.  Check out "Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada" by Omer Lavallee for more.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_XrNJTjRjc

Would it be such a stretch for Bachmann to make something in Sn42?

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Jim

Quote from: ossygobbin on January 11, 2012, 02:39:39 PM
i would love to see a SRRL O/F prairie but would suggest one of the others say no18 as i think this could be made into reasonable copies of any of the others 6,15,16,19 with a little kitbashing therefore more sales. no 23 & 24 are nice but a bit bigger than the others and you would only buy one of them.

I can't disagree with your logic regarding number 18, but.....

regarding #'s 23 & 24, I couldn't buy just one, it would be like having just one potato chip!

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Jim

Quote from: the Bach-man on January 10, 2012, 11:21:21 PM
Dear All,
I like the Sandy River 2-6-2 myself!
Have fun!
the Bach-man

I would like to see any of the SR&RL 2-6-2's offered, #24 is the nicest in my opinion but any of them would do.

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Jim

I would love to see some 2 rail steam available in order to combine with On30.  There seems to be a dearth of small locomotives in O scale, I think there is one 2-8-0 and Atlas O has an 0-6-0.  I wonder if it might work to produce one locomotive to go with the On30 spectrum series.  Something like a 10 wheeler or a small switcher, and market it as an addition to the On30 line - almost like an accessory.  I can't help but think of  a Sandy River and Rangeley lakes 2-4-4T posed beside a 4-6-0.  There might be enough of a market with the On30 people to make a profit and to see how the standard gauge locomotive sells to the 2 rail market.  Combined with a release of a 3 rail version and the tooling might be inexpensive enough to make it worthwhile.

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Jim

Quote from: superthomasfan on January 17, 2009, 06:41:00 PM
As you know, so far, Bachmann has made 0-4-0Ts, 0-4-2Ts, and 2-4-4Ts. But I think Bachmann should go beyond those tank engines to other types.
Such as...

The 0-4-4T

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=455

The 0-4-0CA or compressed air

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=5860

The 0-6-0T

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1973

The 0-6-2T

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=392

and The 4-4-0T

http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=850

I hope Bachmann considers these ideas. 

The Duchess (0-6-0T)was originally built to 30 inch gauge for the Wellington Collieries Railway on Vancouver Island.  See Robert D. Turner's "Vancouver Island Railways".  It was later regauged to 3 foot and sold to the White Pass and Yukon and also served on the Atlin Southern and then went back to the WP&Y.

This would be a true 30 inch prototype.

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Jim

According to George Hilton in "American Narrow Gauge Railroads" on page 157 "he only articulated locomotives ever ordered by American common carrier narrow gauges were two similar but not identical tank engines of the Uintah Railway"

That being said, how many people bought the 2-6-6-2 in large scale and how many of those model the Uintah or Sumpter Valley Railway which bought them from the Uintah and rebuilt them with tenders.

If you can make a case for a 2-6-6-2 on your layout you can certainly make a case for a Beyer-Garrett.  I decided that Wellington Collieries on Vancouver Island not only did not change from 30 inch gauge to standard gauge but must have ordered a pair of Garrets as soon as they became available.

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Jim

Thank you.

Jim

Hi GovB, For small layouts you can check out Carl Arendt's web site carendt.us.  His site has many ideas for very small layouts.  I'm sure you can spend a couple of months just playing around with his ideas.  A small piece of advice is to get building asap - it's too easy to get caught up in planning and never get anything constructed! 

As quick introductions I would suggest looking at small HO plans that have stood the test of time.  Just expand them some to give enough space for structures and make sure to give yourself a little more vertical clearance.  Some I would suggest would be "Gum Stump and Snowshoe" by Chuck Yungkurth; the Inglenook switching puzzle; "Crooked Creek" by Roy Dohn; "Venango Northern" by Bill Livingston.  All of those are on the Arendt web site in one form or another.  Track plans are such a personal thing that what completely takes care of one persons needs leaves another person totally bored.  The first layout I ever built was a Gum Stump and Snowshoe and, although it is long gone, it remains one of my favourites.

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Jim

I'd love to be able to put some O standard gauge with my On30.
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Jim

Quote "I will be using Peco SL- E596 electrofrogs but am not sure about modifying them to make DCC friendly. The way the Pecos are wired appear to power the frog correctly for the selected route. I can't see that there is a possibility of a short either."

Excellent question Chris,  I am wondering the same thing, hopefully someone can shed some light on this.

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Jim

I am at the point where I would like to see any 4-6-0, 2-8-2 or 2-6-2.  Small and generic is good, or a Baldwin 30 inch catalog locomotive.  I'd even go for a 2-6-6-2.  For those that have old Model Railroaders check out November 1983, it contains a picture and drawing of a beautiful Baldwin 30 inch gauge 2-6-6-2 built for a banana railroad.  With tender it would only be about 11 inches long.  Right now the only Bachmann locomotive I can use is the 2-8-0 and while I think it is a great locomotive I have almost filled my quota.
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Jim

Quote from: Nick_Burman on September 28, 2007, 09:05:58 PM
Well, if the Tweetsie 4-6-0 is longer than the B'mann 2-8-0, then we have a serious issue in hand - the wheelbase. Remember guys that many of us have 18" (or smaller!!) radius curves and that a potential 4-6-0 must go round these curves. If the Tweetsie's wheelbase is longer than that of the 2-8-0, then we'll have a real screecher... The 2-8-0 has a very small wheelbase by comparison, for its size she's a real snake...

Cheers Nicholas

Hi Nicholas,  I don't see why the 4-6-0 must go around an 18 inch radius curve.  lots of us use a larger radius than 18 inch.  Also we need to measure the wheelbase of the 8 coupled locomotive and compare to the wheelbase of the 6 coupled locomotive.  The driver area of the 4-6-0 might very well be shorter than the 2-8-0.  Aslo don't forget that Bachmann has been very good at altering locomotives to get around very tight radius.  The forney can apparently get around a 22 inch radius curve.  An On2 Forney would probably need closer to 36 inch, the same as On2 cars if they are based on the Maine prototypes.  In summary I don't think it is appropriate to write off a 10 wheeler based on minimum radius, but, I will defend to the death your right to want a different locomotive.

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Jim

BTW Mike, Nice looking 10 wheeler

Regarding length of the Tweetsie 10 Wheeler, I think it is about 53 feet over the couplers, which would make it about 2 inches longer than the 2-8-0.  Across the cab and tender it is 8 feet 4 inches.  These dimensions were taken from the drawing in Model Railroader July 1981 of number 11.  While larger than the existing locomotives, IMHO I don't think it would be so large as to look out of place.  Bachmann's cars are based on 3 foot prototypes ( granted older and smaller than many) so basing a locomotive on a 3 foot protoype would not be unreasonable.  I would expect that Baldwin would have had a 30 inch version of a 10 wheeler available though.

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Jim

Hello Matt,  I use a combination of hand laid and flex track.  I have not handlaid my turnouts and have stuck with PECO.  I cut all of my ties by hand.  Use 1/8 inch thick basswood sheets and a balsa stripper ( I was using a utility knife and a straight edge until I almost cut off the end of a finger).  It takes 2 passes of the balsa stripper to cut through but it is still very quick.  You can then cut the ties to length with a razor saw and mitre box.  It really goes very quick and you can make the ties the size that looks right to you.  For spacing I use a piece of flex track to get the spacing and glue the ties to the sub roadbed with ordinary white glue (let them dry overnight before spiking.  I do not predrill the ties (too lazy) but my subroadbed is strong so pushing the spikes in with needlenose pliers works fine.  I have not used foam but would think you would deform it unless you predrilled.  I stain the ties using rubbing alcohol and india ink applied with a brush before the rail is spiked.

This is just my opinion - hand laying track is fun and can look really good - but it does take time.  I also am a little cheap so I find that by cutting my own ties I can actually save money.  That is only with On30 flex, there is no way you could handlay track as cheap as you could buy Atlas HO code 100 flex.  If you have the time and inclination handlaying is great but if you need to get running go with flex.

When I was in HOn3 I laid my mainline with flex and handlaid my sidings, that way I could still do a significant amount of handlaying while getting the mainline running quickly.  Also it is way easier to lay out nice curves with flex compared to handlaying - but everything is possible.  As with all of our modelling skills, practice helps.

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Jim

Mr. B, If you happen to be taking pictures, could you also take one with the 4-4-0 and a combine and coach?  I am curious to see what it looks like with the passenger cars.  I am a little concerned that it would be dwarfed by, say, a five car passenger train.  If there are no pictures available a considered opinion would do.  I wasn't planning on getting one as it is a little on the light side for my needs (a 2-6-2 or 2-8-2 or 4-6-0 would be nice), but from the pictures it looks like such a neat locomotive that I might be able to make an exception.
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Jim Goodridge